Basilica Organist and Music Director Jared Lamenzo and the historic 1868 Henry Erben organ have been featured in the story “No Pipe Dream” by author, writer, and film critic Maria Garcia, in the Fall 2019 (Vol…. Read More
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Erben Organ featured in Fall 2019 Archways magazine
Basilica Organist and Music Director Jared Lamenzo and the historic 1868 Henry Erben organ have been featured in the story “A Tale of Two Organs” by Michael Cain, with photos by Chris Sheridan, in Archways, the… Read More
Erben Organ Days 2019 recital: Laetaro, organ and baroque trumpet
On July 17, 2019, Friends of the Erben Organ welcomed Laetaro, organ and baroque trumpet duo of Lana Krakovskiy and Roman Golovanov, for the third in the series of 2019 Erben Organ Days recitals. On the… Read More
Erben Organ Days 2019 recital: Maria Rayzvasser, organ
On July 10, 2019, Friends of the Erben Organ welcomed New York organist and Erben Ambassador Maria Rayzvasser to the console for the second in the series of 2019 Erben Organ Days recitals. Maria played a… Read More
Make Music New York 2019 recital: Jared Lamenzo, organ and Lavinia Pavlish, violin
(Cover photo: Kris Connor / Getty for NAMM) On June 21, 2019, Friends of the Erben Organ participated once again in Make Music Day, a world-wide music-making festival. The 1868 Henry Erben organ was the only… Read More
Erben Organ featured on NBC’s Today Show with Craig Melvin
NBC’s Today Show – Third Hour aired on 5/13/2019 and featured Craig Melvin reporting from the Basilica. Craig learns what “pulling out all the stops” means, and gets to assist Basilica Organist and Music Director Jared… Read More
1868 Henry Erben organ in New York Times feature
We are excited to share the link to the New York Times feature from the 4/18/2019 Arts section: “The Secrets of a Sacred Underground” by Helene Stapinski. Featured photo by Devin Yalkin for The New York… Read More
Celebrating Henry Erben’s 219th birthday in the organ loft
On March 10th, 2019, we hosted an open organ loft event to celebrate preeminent New York organ builder Henry Erben’s 219th birthday. This was probably the first time his birthday has been celebrated since 1884! This… Read More
FOX 5 NY reports on the drive to save the Erben organ
FOX 5 NY’s Antwan Lewis interviewed Basilica Director of Music and Organist Jared Lamenzo about the ailing Erben organ. This story aired on 2/27/2019 and was posted on the FOX 5 NY website on 2/28/2019. Excerpt… Read More
AARP Feature on Friends of the Erben Organ
We are thrilled to share our story in the December 2018/January 2019 issue of AARP Magazine, a publication with one of the largest print circulation readerships in the USA. We are so touched by the responses… Read More